Girls Or Boys? New Study Reveals That The Biggest Cyber Bullies Are...

In a new study, 7,443 students were asked about their typical online behavior.

It's amazing that movies like the cult classic Mean Girls, and now, The Duff, are shedding light on the serious issue of bullying, but it seems like in most movies and TV shows, male bullying tends to be mostly physical, while it's almost always the girls spreading rumors and posting mean things about each other online. Which may be why many people tend to think that cyber bullying is a bigger issue for girls than boys, but a recent study shows that just isn't the case.

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In a new study conducted by the education charity, Tablets for Schools, 7,443 students were asked about their typical online behavior, and the results might surprise you. One out of five students admitted to saying something hurtful to someone online, and that's despite the fact that a quarter of the students had experienced being cyber bullied themselves. Among those surveyed, boys were more likely to have committed cyber bullying than girls.

And this isn't the first study to show that it isn't just mean girls doing the bullying. Last year, it was revealed in a study by the University of Georgia that boys are more likely commit traditional acts of bullying, like spread a false rumor about someone, or say something mean about a peer to make people laugh.

But one telling revelation is that most students (both male and female) said that peer pressure, feeling unhappy, and trying to avoid being bullied themselves were the main reasons they had bullied others. So bullying is truly a cycle, and anyone can get caught in it, which is all the more reason we need to band together to help stop bullying.

Does cyber bullying being more common among boys surprise you? Or did you already know that boys bullied more? Sound off in the comments below!